Chase, Harold W. (Harold William), 1922-1982

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American political scientist; United States deputy assistant secretary of defense, 1977-1980.

From the description of Harold William Chase miscellaneous papers, 1977-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754871946

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American political scientist; United States deputy assistant secretary of defense, 1977-1980.

From the guide to the Harold William Chase miscellaneous papers, 1977-1981, (Hoover Institution Archives)

Harold W. Chase was born on February 6, 1922 in Worcester, Massachusetts. He obtained his undergraduate and graduate education from Princeton University, earning his B.A. in 1943, M.A. in 1948 and Ph.D. in 1954. Dr. Chase was an instructor and assistant professor of political science at the University of Delaware (1948-1950) and a lecturer and assistant professor at Princeton University (1952-1957). Dr. Chase joined the faculty at the University of Minnesota in 1957 as an associate professor; he was promoted to professor in 1962. From 1973-1974, Dr. Chase served as acting vice president for academic administration.

Harold Chase was also a member of the U.S. Marine Corps, serving in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Other appointments in the military included company commander and staff officer (1950-1952), chief instructor and officer-in-charge of the non-commissioned officers' school (1950-1951), commanding officer (1952-1954) colonel and psychological operations officer in the Republic of Vietnam (1968-1969), and brigadier general and major general in the Marine Corps Reserve (1971-1977). In 1977, Dr. Chase took a leave of absence from Minnesota to accept the post as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs in President Carter's administration. In 1981, Dr. Chase returned to his position as professor of political science at the University of Minnesota. Harold Chase died on January 12, 1982.

From the guide to the Harold W. Chase papers, 1970s, (University of Minnesota Libraries. University Archives [uarc])

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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Chase, Harold William, 1922-. Harold William Chase miscellaneous papers, 1977-1981. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
creatorOf Schmidhauser, John R. (John Richard), 1922-. Collection of periodical issues or offprints from the papers of Henry J. Abraham. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Harold William Chase miscellaneous papers, 1977-1981 Hoover Institution Archives
creatorOf Harold W. Chase papers, 1970s University of Minnesota Libraries. University Archives [uarc]
referencedIn Woodrow Wilson School Policy Seminar Papers, 1930-2011 Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections.Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library. Princeton University Archives.
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Birth 1922-02-06

Death 1982-01-13

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